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PR2 (Personal Robot 2)
Willow Garage · USA
Research robot with two arms🗓 Year unveiled: 2009Discontinued, but still used in research
🏆 Notable for: Famous for its open-source nature and role in promoting ROS, it is a benchmark in robotics research.
Overview
PR2 is an open-source research platform with two capable arms and a mobile base, designed for developing robotics algorithms in human environments.
📜 History
PR2 was introduced by Willow Garage in 2009 and became a standard platform in many robotics labs worldwide. It played a key role in popularizing ROS.
⚙️ Specs
Height160 cm
Weight226 kg
Degrees of freedom24
✅ Capabilities
- wheeled mobility
- dual 7-DOF arms
- object grasping
- autonomous navigation
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